Nuton Jibon Livelihood Improvement
Project (NJLIP) provides monetary supports for Bangladeshis
facing poverty in about 2,500 villages covering 12
districts. On its current...
Type: BriefReport#: 179394Date: October 10, 2016Author:
World Bank
Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC)
gives a second chance to Bangladeshi children who
didn’t start primary school when they should
have. ROSC has since 2002...
Type: BriefReport#: 178926Date: October 6, 2016Author:
World Bank
Through the Integrated Agricultural
Productivity Project (IAPP), Bangladesh is promoting
programs that alleviate poverty and increase food security,
especially by boosting...
Type: BriefReport#: 178925Date: October 6, 2016Author:
World Bank
Investing in the early years is one of
the smartest things a country can do to eliminate extreme
poverty, boost shared prosperity, and create the human
capital needed...
Access to clean, potable water is making
a significant difference to the health of residents of a
village in Herat Province. There has been a decline in
waterborne diseases...
Type: BriefReport#: 178815Date: October 3, 2016Author:
World Bank
The note first highlights current land
use policies and practices and their effectiveness in
creating an environment for community engagement in resource
management....
Type: BriefReport#: 123739Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Rodrigues De Aquino,Andre ;
Moura Estevao Marquesdafonseca,Joao ;
Mwaniki,Robert Mwehe
The Human Opportunity Index (HOI)
measures how equitably services are provided within
countries. The indicator allows to better monitor if
children have access to these...
Johannesburg, one of South Africa’s
metropolitan municipalities and one of the 52 health
districts has more people living with HIV (PLHIV) than any
other city worldwide...
Type: BriefReport#: 110317Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Kganakga, Connie ;
Munthree, Chantal ;
Mohideen, Feroza ;
Wijk, Emay van ;
Massawe, Dianne ;
Nel, Dawie ;
Medeiros, Nelson ;
Ikhile, Albert ;
Sibeko, Vusi ;
Govender, Nevashan ;
Modibedi, Charlotte ;
Arendse, Clairissa
Many financial service providers
struggle with high levels of account dormancy and customer
dropouts, limited service usage, and loss of their best
clients to other...
The FIRST Lessons Learned Series is a
collection of FIRST’s technical and functional insights
gained from FIRST funded engagements. This Knowledge Note,
shares insights...
Type: BriefReport#: 109243Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Almansi,Aquiles A. ;
Lee,Yejin Carol ;
Todoroki,Emiko
Private sector investment is much needed
in emerging markets to upgrade energy supplies, but too
often power utilities in these markets are uncompetitive. In
order to...
Type: BriefReport#: 109469Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Rehermann,Thomas ;
Shi, Lin
There has been considerable expansion in
routine data generation over the last decade in health care
(and beyond) as well as in methodologies and technologies
allowing...
Type: BriefReport#: 110318Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Carmona Maya,Sergio Ivan
Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) lags
behind other regions in higher education and research output
in science, technology, agriculture, health and related
fields. Since...
The Global Partnership for Social
Accountability (GPSA) is recognized as a leading voice in
the implementation of adaptive learning principles in
development and in...
Type: BriefReport#: 154678Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Poli,Maria ;
Guerzovich,Maria Florencia
The Financial Services Authority (OJK)
has introduced regulation concerning the implementation of
the Corporate Governance Guideline for Public Companies (CG
Guideline)....
Type: BriefReport#: 109533Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Razook,Chris ;
Erkurtoglu Savas,Leyal
Policy makers worldwide are increasingly
appreciating the expanding role that digital financial
services play in reaching financially excluded and
underserved customers....
Type: BriefReport#: 110632Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Izaguirre Araujo,Juan Carlos ;
Lyman,Timothy ;
Mcguire,Claire Louise ;
Grace, Dave
This brief has key messages through an
experiment in Uganda, we find that empowering adolescent
girls triggers a surge in their brothers’
competitiveness.Understanding...
Type: BriefReport#: 109367Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Buehren,Niklas ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Leonard,Kenneth ;
Montalvao Machado,Joao H. C. ;
Vasilaky,Kathryn
This activity snapshop brief summarizes
the agriculture insurance training held on Johannesburg in
October 2016 to focus on the fundamen-tals of index
insurance, and...
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